CLINICAL TEACHING OBSERVATION REPORT DATE 3/11/2022

SUPERVISED TEACHER Jennifer Stock UNIVERSITY SUPERVISOR V. Beltran SCHOOL-SITE SUPERVISOR K. Cohrt

SCHOOL Vineyard Jr. High SUBJECT Math GRADE 7th TECHNOLOGY USED Projector

LESSON TYPE:
DIRECT INSTRUCTION ■ COOPERATIVE LEARNING INQUIRY LESSON SUBJECT Simplifying Equations

OBSERVATION:
EDUC 497 ■ EDUC 498 EDUC 467 1 2 3 4 5 ■ 6 7 8 9 10

Rubric Score
COMMENTS
Teaching Performance Expectations aligned with the California Standards for the Please give at least one constructive comment for each observation.
1 2 3 4
Teaching Profession
TPE 1 Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Check all elements appropriately observed:
Great job of holding students accountable for listening to you;
you saw how stopping and waiting can work
Apply knowledge of students to engage them in learning
Maintain ongoing communication with students and families
Connect subject matter to student interests and real-life context Excellent decision to go over the difference between an
Use a variety of developmentally appropriate instructional strategies expression and an equation
Promote students’ critical, reflective, and creative thinking
Provide supportive learning environments for students’ first and/ or second language
acquisition Good idea to promote self-reflection by having students rate
Incorporate visual and performing arts as appropriate for the content and context of their understanding of simplifying an expression
learning
Monitor student engagement during the lesson
Great skills review on the distributive property and combining
Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student
TPE 2
Learning
like terms prior to the clock activity so those skills were fresh in
Check all elements appropriately observed: students' minds
Promote students’ social-emotional growth, development, and individual responsibility
Create culturally responsive learning environments that promote productive student You handled the situation with the student not having access to
learning materials at his dad's house very well
Establish inclusive, healthy, and safe learning environments
Knowledge of how to access student support resources
Maintain high expectations for learning Even though this lesson didn't run smoothly, you knew exactly
Clear procedures, routines, and norms for individual and group behavior what to change to make it flow better the next time; that is what
TPE 3 Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
teachers reflect on constantly!
Check all elements appropriately observed:

Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter, standards, and framework

Use knowledge of students and learning goals to organize curriculum and make
modifications
Plan, design, and implement instruction consistent with current pedagogy
Individual and collaborative planning that uses multiple ways of engaging students
Adapt subject matter to support academic language acquisition for all students
Use and adapt resources, materials, technology, and assistive technology
Model and develop digital literacy
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Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All SUGGESTIONS

TPE 4 Please give at least one constructive suggestion for each observation.
Students
Check all elements appropriately observed:
Build on the vocabulary every chance you get (e.g., what does
Locate and apply information about students to short and long-term goals it mean to distribute?) Students need that repetition.
Apply characteristics of typical and atypical child development
Implement instruction and assessment that reflects the interconnectedness of content
areas It was hard for students to see the materials for the clock
Maximize learning opportunities and provide access for all students by removing
barriers activity by you just holding them up. Having them included in
Use strategies that meet individual learning needs and assist students with specific the presentation would have been more effective. The number
learning needs (IEPs and 504 plans)
Access resources including the expertise of community and school colleagues
of steps was overwhelming to students at first. Consider
Use a range of communication lesson activities putting that slide up after you have modeled the activity.
Integrate technology-rich lessons to engage students in instruction and offer students Students struggled to understand the activity at first because
multiple ways of demonstrating their learning
you verbally went over the directions, but you didn't model.
Remember, most students need visual and hands-on! Also,
TPE 5 Assessing Student Learning consider breaking the steps down and just focusing on how to
Check all elements appropriately observed:
solve the problems at first. Then move onto modeling how the
Use multiple methods to assess student learning clock step worked.
Use assessment data from a variety of sources to plan and modify instruction
Involve students in self-assessment and reflection
Use technology to analyze assessment data and communicate to students and families A more effective way to hand out the materials would be to
Communicate student progress towards learning goals to students and families have two piles on the back tables. "If you are a "C", please
Work with specialists to interpret assessment results
Interpret English learners’ assessment data in English as well as in their primary come to this table to get two copies of the Clock #1 materials
language for the A and C in your team. If you are a "D", please go to
Use assessment data, including students’ IEP and 504 plans, to differentiate and/ or
modify instruction
that table to get two copies of the Clock #2 materials for the B
and D in your team."
TPE 6
Developing as a Professional Educator
Check all elements appropriately observed:
When your alarm went off, the students assumed that meant it
was time to go. Make sure you let students know the purpose
Reflect on teaching practices to plan and implement instruction of that alarm. Or better yet, set it to vibrate so that only you
Recognize how personal values and biases may positively or negatively affect teaching
Establish and make progress towards professional learning goals know.
Communicate effectively with peers, colleagues, families, and the larger community
Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior for all aspects of the teaching
profession
Comply with all laws and responsibilities, including mandated reporting and ethics
(including social media)
Analyze how the structure and history of public education in California influences
current structures
Observation completed by:
University Supervisor
Rubric Score: 1 Not Present 2 Emerging 3 Competent 4 Excellent School- Site Supervisor

Rubric Score Explanations

1 Not Present: Inappropriate, irrelevant, missing; lesson plan is not connected 2 Emerging: Minimal, limited, cursory, ambiguous; lesson plan is weakly connected
3 Competent: Appropriate, relevant, accurate; lesson plan is connected 4 Excellent: Appropriate, accurate, relevant, clear, concise, detailed; lesson plan is purposefully connected

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